Tuesday, 28 July 2015

A work in progress shot of an Arab fort also a commission for Italian gamer Antonio.

The tower is fitted first then the wall supports are added. The inner walls are then fitted to these.

This update shows the model with the walls added and the internal buildings located. The client also asked for the fort to be located on rock so it has been mounted on insulation board hacked at the edges with a chisel. The model was then given a first coat of plaster.

More details added with doors and roofs in place. Also some rock scatter added on top of more plaster to the rock base.

A ramp has been sanded leading up to the gate.

The finished fort. Its not quite as light as this in reality. The fort was whitewashed but the base wasn't and is darker than the fort as a result. Shown with some 28mm Artisan French Foreign Legion figures.

Sunday, 12 July 2015

One of the guys at the Borders Reivers club is putting on a Battle of Preston game at a couple of shows later this year being the 300th anniversary of the siege. He asked me if i had any buildings that may be suitable and i came up with these. I have since modified the timber frame effect below the window levels to show more vertical sections. Pictures of those to follow. These will soon be available in kit form once i have prepared the instructions. Shown with optional card roof tiles.

I am working on an angled version also which will be ready soon. Following that i will be doing a model based on a period print of Preston supplied by Rob. This has some challenging aspects to it in particular the roof. The little grey cells have already been chewing this one over and i may have the solution so look out for that.

A work in progress shot of an Arab fort also a commission for Italian gamer Antonio.

These pictures show the model with the walls added and the internal buildings located. The client also asked for the fort to be located on rock so it has been mounted on insulation board hacked at the edges with a chisel. The model was then given a first coat of plaster.

Italian wargamerAntonio Dimichele recently purchased one of my European farms on Ebay. He asked me to make a couple more of these with different buildings. These two models are the result. These are a mix of new and re done existing buildings. Having sent some pictures he is very happy with them but emailed me this morning to ask if one could have different coloured roofs. I'll add pictures of this when they have been changed.Farm 1- (This one will have the roof colour changed)

Farm 2-

A little bit of dry brushing still to do but basically these are the finished models.